Teacher in the Orchard Park High School and adjunct professor of sociology at the University of Buffalo; alumnus of the University of Buffalo. Tape of an interview with Whiteside conducted by Brenda K. Shelton, April 5, 1979. Concerns his background, the G.I. Bill and its effect on UB, his postgraduate involvement with the University, his tenure at the Orchard Park High School and his experiences as a Baptist minister.

Parents; moved to Buffalo in early thirties; childhood
in Buffalo; education; Hiss NcCowan at School
18; West Side YMCA; lVlurray Corbett; Cap Mellon and
Miss Bigelow at Lafayette High School,
03/070 Worked at various jobs after graduation from high
school; served in World War II; UB under GI Bill;
switched from business administration to liberal arts,
majored in sociology,
05/125 People at UB who influenced him1 Dr, Boynton, Chancellor
Capen, Dr, Pratt, Nathaniel Cantor, Lou Gross;
decision to become a teacher; memories of being at
UB under GI Bill,
10/220 High opinion of UB and Capen; received master's
degree; dropped out of PhD program over matter of
principle; Adelle Land; low opinion of .Education
Department,
15/290 Taught in UB Geography Department; Elmer Handel
hired him in 1949 to teach in Orchard Park High
School where he has taught ever since; taught
sociology in adjunct faculty at UB for 20 years;
left over matter of principle; feelings about UB;
Dr, Lou Gross and his decision to become a minister;
served as assistant minister at Baptist Church in
Lackawanna,
21/370 .Educational philosophy; importance of UB for Buffalo.
26/450 .E:qual opportunity for all at UB,
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20/370
second side
Further comments about UB and the ministry; teaching
in Orchard Park; changes in school system and students
since 1960s.
Problems of academic freedom in Orchard Park and at
UB; Dr, Pratt,
OPinions about teachers' unions; teachers' strike
in orchard Park in 1975.
Role of schools,
Problems involved in UB becoming state university;
reasons for support of UB by prominent Buffalonians;
turmoj_l at UB during 1960s,

Interviewer's Observations:

We talked. in Mr. Whiteside's living room, where a large
clock ticked loudly throughout our conversation, His wife
and. son were near by in the kitchen, and_ their voices can
occasionally be heard in.the background,
After the interview, Mr. Whiteside expressed in even more
glowing terms his high respect for the University of Buffalo
and. for the professors he had. there, Dr, Pratt and Dr, Gross
clearly had a great influence on him, Unlike many people,
he is as willing to make controversial and outspoken remarks
when the tape recorder is running as when it is off.